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20 Cards in this Set
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echelon
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a steplike formation or arrangement
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irrefutable
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beyond argument
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badinage
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light and playful conversation
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allege
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to assert without proof or confirmation
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fatuous
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stupid or foolish in a self satisfied way
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lackadaisical
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lacking spirit or interest
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juggernaut
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a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
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exacerbate
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to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
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conciliate
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to appease, pacify
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arrant
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thoroughgoing, out and out; shameless, blatant
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countermand
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to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
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saturnine
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cold or sluggish in mood
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litany
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any repetitive chant, a long list
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macabre
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grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing
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recant
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to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has been previously committed, renounce, retract
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paucity
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an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
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raze
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to tear down, destroy completely
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portend
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to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
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saturate
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to soak thoroughly
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slough
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to cast off, to get rid of.
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